Parish leaders today are confronted with empty pews on Sunday morning and watch as parents drop their children off for religious education – but never see these parents at Sunday Mass.

The 2008 study, Sacraments Today, Belief and Practice among U.S. Catholics, from CARA, reported some challenging findings. The study revealed only 23% of adult Catholics attended Mass weekly in 2008, and 56% of adult Catholics rarely or never attend Mass or attend a few times a year (p. 20).

Here is the good news: many inactive Catholics today are open to receiving an invitation to reconnect with their faith, and some will respond positively to the invitation to return. Many Catholics regularly interact with their non-practicing Catholic relatives and friends, looking for resources to invite.

Paulist Evangelization Ministries offers numerous resources for helping to reach out to inactive Catholics, and for helping people to reconnect.

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About Our Mission

Reaching the unreached in faith.
The mission of Paulist Evangelization Ministries is to develop effective methods for inviting people to believe in Jesus Christ as Catholics or to become active again in the Catholic faith, and to equip Catholics with the tools to further this invitation.